Anyone know what's up with the aiming reticule he has? Is that some sort of mod?
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Anyone know what's up with the aiming reticule he has? Is that some sort of mod?
Turin Turambar
Member
Check the settings in the game...
Well, damn - I guess I've been in pro mode and didn't even know it. I'll have to try that out tonight.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
arachne spoils looks like she has a web wall and can climb on ceilings/ walls?
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
could of made it so she spans web across the roof of the lane to run along but that might be a little cheap with no way to get her down unless they are going to give all gods brooms to smack her with
edit: yeah i have no idea how her wall will work thinking it will just be like a slow or a stun if you run into it
edit: yeah i have no idea how her wall will work thinking it will just be like a slow or a stun if you run into it
Rolled up newspaper. Also effective with various dogs and cats in the game.
Man, going invisible in her web like Broodmother would be fucking crazy lol. I don't even wanna know how Hi-Rez would attempt to balance that out.
Wonder if they're throwing out her current kit entirely or keeping anything, with some tweaks.
Wonder if they're throwing out her current kit entirely or keeping anything, with some tweaks.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
hope they keep her ult but they most likely wont its my favorite thing in her kit
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
was doing some fun smurf games as loki mid he gets pretty stupid cheap if you start off with a blink and vanish new players do not know how to handle it
GuitarAtomik
Member
arachne spoils looks like she has a web wall and can climb on ceilings/ walls?
I wonder how the hell that works.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
arachne reveal tomorrow at 4pm est and odin reveal on the 5th
Turin Turambar
Member
Nope, one god revealed today, another one tomorrow and the patch notces on the 5th.
And they see to have switched the reveals:
https://twitter.com/SmiteGame/status/507154338175655936
Today will be Odin.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
I finished my Skyrim binge and I'm back to playing Smite. Jesus I'm rusty.
Who are the flavor of the month gods right now? Is Scylla still in every match? How about Bastet? And how is that Rama god? He had just came out when I stopped playing regularly. I generally like playing hunters and he seemed good.
Who are the flavor of the month gods right now? Is Scylla still in every match? How about Bastet? And how is that Rama god? He had just came out when I stopped playing regularly. I generally like playing hunters and he seemed good.
That was like June or so, right?
Mercury and Nu Wa are absurdly popular, but there's a lot of common gods right now that people get worked up over. Scylla got some nerfs and I guess the community thought she was butchered or something, because her popularity took a noticeable hit. Her damage is still all there though, she'll be trendy again sooner or later. Bastet got some nerfs too, is still good, is still a little popular. Rama's considered pretty solid. If you like hunters, you'll probably take to him. Heavy Hammer starts for supports is hilarious / annoying. Qin's got a price increase. Cabrakan was a letdown. Arachne's getting a rework very shortly. Nemesis still strongest waifu.
Mercury and Nu Wa are absurdly popular, but there's a lot of common gods right now that people get worked up over. Scylla got some nerfs and I guess the community thought she was butchered or something, because her popularity took a noticeable hit. Her damage is still all there though, she'll be trendy again sooner or later. Bastet got some nerfs too, is still good, is still a little popular. Rama's considered pretty solid. If you like hunters, you'll probably take to him. Heavy Hammer starts for supports is hilarious / annoying. Qin's got a price increase. Cabrakan was a letdown. Arachne's getting a rework very shortly. Nemesis still strongest waifu.
Did this finally become a thing?
OsirisBlack
Banned
Havent been on the game in a while working on a new film project but did catch this today.
http://www.gfycat.com/UnlawfulDaringBuckeyebutterfly
New god KulKulkan spoil.
http://www.gfycat.com/UnlawfulDaringBuckeyebutterfly
New god KulKulkan spoil.
Red Arremer
Member
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
newdle hype todays the day
Head of Vengarl
Banned
That serpent/dragon looks awesome. Is he replacing Ao Kuang like Hun Batz replaced SWK?
Edit — Nevermind, just saw this explanation on reddit:
So the answer is yes. Sweet! I wonder what the new Ao Kuang will look like?
Double Edit — For those of us who missed the Arachne rework video yesterday, here's some gifs and explanations (found on reddit):
(Triple edit — Removed the gifs because they were huge, put them as links instead)
New basic attack chain
New ability #1: A steroid for one basic hit and you get healed from it. Lasts 4/5 seconds before expiring. Applies a Damage over Time buff.
New ability #2: Grants attack speed. 5 second timer. Third hit of the attack puts them in a cocoon. You need to hit all three attacks on an enemy for it to cocoon. It stuns.
New ability #3: Creates a wall of web. You can have at least 2 out at a time. If an enemy runs through the web, it slows them and spawns broodlings. If an enemy runs through the web, the enemy "drags" the web forward along the floor. If Arachne gets on the web, she moves faster. If an enemy jumps/teleports etc. out of the web, it is planned to break it. You also have visibility of the enemy when the broodlings spawn. The walls cannot be destroyed at present, but it will be removed after a timer. Currently set at "minutes". You can put two webs on-top of each other to get double the broodlings, but they don't stack the slow. The attack works on minions too.
New Ultimate ability: You climb on top of the screen for the duration of your ultimate on a web in the sky. The duration is currently 8 seconds. You are CC immune as you're on the ceiling. When deployed, she pounces from the ceiling onto the target, dealing damage on the landing. The ultimate does not ignore collision (you cannot walk through walls - you can pounce (when the ultimate is activated again) through them). Used as an escape and an initiate. She will be able to activate abilities whilst on the ceiling. It doesn't count for your 2nd abilities hit counter when the attack lands. You can still take damage whilst in your ultimate with a DoT attack or something similar. You can't blink in your ultimate (well, you shouldn't be able to).
Can't cross walls but can pounce over.
Edit — Nevermind, just saw this explanation on reddit:
The Ao Kuang to Kukulkan Scenario for those who are still in the dark. said:The scenario is this. Ao Kuang is getting the "Sun Wukong to Hun Batz treatment".
For those who weren't around when this happen, there was a God called "Sun Wukong" from early in the game that was converted into Hun Batz, by which I mean SWK became Hun Batz and Hun inherited old SWK's kit with a new name and model. At a later point Sun Wukong was re-released as the current incarnation.
This is what is happening to Ao Kuang. He is being converted in Kukulkan, Kukulkan will have current Ao's kit, and Ao is being re-released as a new god later down the line.
Now, to the finicky stuff. Similar to "SWK to Hun", masteries will carry over to the new god. That is, if you have mastered Ao, you have mastered Kukulkan. Plain and simple. This goes for the voice pack and skins too.
Now from Archov's comments earlier this week, Ao's original voice pack is being preserved in the "Sacred Dragon" skin that Kukulkan is inheriting. So we can keep the CELEBRATION going!
This should clear some things up so people are clear on this situation.
Cheers
So the answer is yes. Sweet! I wonder what the new Ao Kuang will look like?
Double Edit — For those of us who missed the Arachne rework video yesterday, here's some gifs and explanations (found on reddit):
(Triple edit — Removed the gifs because they were huge, put them as links instead)
New basic attack chain
New ability #1: A steroid for one basic hit and you get healed from it. Lasts 4/5 seconds before expiring. Applies a Damage over Time buff.
New ability #2: Grants attack speed. 5 second timer. Third hit of the attack puts them in a cocoon. You need to hit all three attacks on an enemy for it to cocoon. It stuns.
New ability #3: Creates a wall of web. You can have at least 2 out at a time. If an enemy runs through the web, it slows them and spawns broodlings. If an enemy runs through the web, the enemy "drags" the web forward along the floor. If Arachne gets on the web, she moves faster. If an enemy jumps/teleports etc. out of the web, it is planned to break it. You also have visibility of the enemy when the broodlings spawn. The walls cannot be destroyed at present, but it will be removed after a timer. Currently set at "minutes". You can put two webs on-top of each other to get double the broodlings, but they don't stack the slow. The attack works on minions too.
New Ultimate ability: You climb on top of the screen for the duration of your ultimate on a web in the sky. The duration is currently 8 seconds. You are CC immune as you're on the ceiling. When deployed, she pounces from the ceiling onto the target, dealing damage on the landing. The ultimate does not ignore collision (you cannot walk through walls - you can pounce (when the ultimate is activated again) through them). Used as an escape and an initiate. She will be able to activate abilities whilst on the ceiling. It doesn't count for your 2nd abilities hit counter when the attack lands. You can still take damage whilst in your ultimate with a DoT attack or something similar. You can't blink in your ultimate (well, you shouldn't be able to).
Can't cross walls but can pounce over.
Turin Turambar
Member
http://forums.smitegame.com/showthr...-2014-The-Winds-of-Change&p=128043#post128043
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zwNkn9R4FVqvEuvd-qJMFfehFOVgFGlD5MGy8SvlzWg/pub
Three new gods (Odin, Arachne and Cabra, as I waiting to master him until he was better), new items, some good balance like Guan Yu, new UI, Pixel Buster Freya skin, I'm hyped for this patch.
And if anything, Odin seems a very good warrior. And Arachne maybe OP.
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zwNkn9R4FVqvEuvd-qJMFfehFOVgFGlD5MGy8SvlzWg/pub
Three new gods (Odin, Arachne and Cabra, as I waiting to master him until he was better
), new items, some good balance like Guan Yu, new UI, Pixel Buster Freya skin, I'm hyped for this patch. And if anything, Odin seems a very good warrior. And Arachne maybe OP.
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Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
wish the god animations wernt in the chests i know you like my money hirez but cut me some slack son those skins will be mine
Spiritreaver
Member
This patch.... I want to play all 3 new gods and buy Freya's skin. <3 Hirez
Strazyplus
Member
Going to miss old AO
Liberty4all
Banned
At least they are keeping the godly voicepack on sacred dragon
XT Vengeance
Member
I am excited for this next patch. I will be getting Pixel Buster Freya day one. She was the first god I mastered. Also, I look forward to hearing Kakulkan's voicepack, which I will already have thanks to old Au.
Long live the Newdle!
Long live the Newdle!
It's not just that.
The other day I played aram and I got queued up against a full 5 premade while my team was just full of randoms.
Needless to say it wasn't very fun.
OsirisBlack
Banned
Messing around on the PTS and both Arachne and Odin are entirely too strong at the moment. Odins early damage is higher than anyone else in the game he can drop anyone from full to dead starting at level 2 absolutely absurd damage. Arachne is terrifying now..... literally terrifying.
Strazyplus
Member
Sounds like SMGAF needs to unite and play together more often!
drotahorror
Member
Really? I couldn't get a good feel for Arachne, wasn't diggin her at all. New Odin on the otherhand was awesome. His 1, 2 combo is sick.
MightyKAC
Member
True story.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Aww man, right when I'm getting back into Smite my GPU decides to take a giant dump. It's barely over a year old, MSI better exchange it for a new one...
XT Vengeance
Member
That's for true.
Liberty4all
Banned
I like the skin a lot, think the VP is trash, will still buy it with the skin tomorrow because my teammates must suffer with me. OpieOP
There were some updates to the patch, by the way. Arachne with reduced numbers and Odin's 1 does less damage at lower ranks.
There were some updates to the patch, by the way. Arachne with reduced numbers and Odin's 1 does less damage at lower ranks.
XT Vengeance
Member
Actually you can. There is a drop bar right above the skin selection. You can choose the default, skin, or God.
Also, I love the pixelbuster skin. Freya is the first god I mastered, and is my most played.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
dat match making tho just made a smurf to play cabrakan because i havnt really played him yet just one practice when he came out but holy shit first match with a fresh account and it puts me against a team thats full of god level 6 and 7 people they all had to be account level 25+ what the hell happened to the match making hirez
Head of Vengarl
Banned
After a few days of no PC gaming I couldn't take it anymore and busted out my old college laptop. It has a GPU so it can run Smite, just on the lowest video settings. But that's better than nothing. I played an Arena match and I was pissed because the whole time I had like 10-15 fps and it was just almost unplayable. Thankfully I was playing Ao Kukulkan so I was at least able to place tornadoes whirlwinds on the minions and keep the waves cleared for my team. I exited the game afterward and wrote this rant on r/Smite about how Hi-Rez made the game too hard to run on low-end computers now (since it used to run fine), and then a light bulb went off in my head.
My laptop has switchable graphics and it was running on the power-saver mode with the integrated graphics instead of my GPU. -_-
Thank god I thought of that before posting that thread.
Lol yeah they're having issues. But even before this patch, smurf accounts made the matchmaking so broken. I hadn't played in months so I hopped on an old low level account I had made to play with a friend who was new, and I could tell that a bunch of the people I was playing against were also smurfs. You can just tell by the way they utilize active items and counterbuild, and just in general by the skill they control their god with. You can also tell by the fact that they play a carry and go 15-1. I mean come on, at least play a god that you aren't very good with.
My laptop has switchable graphics and it was running on the power-saver mode with the integrated graphics instead of my GPU. -_-
Thank god I thought of that before posting that thread.
Lol yeah they're having issues. But even before this patch, smurf accounts made the matchmaking so broken. I hadn't played in months so I hopped on an old low level account I had made to play with a friend who was new, and I could tell that a bunch of the people I was playing against were also smurfs. You can just tell by the way they utilize active items and counterbuild, and just in general by the skill they control their god with. You can also tell by the fact that they play a carry and go 15-1. I mean come on, at least play a god that you aren't very good with.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
looks like they will be adding some sort of story stuff soon sounds like it will be pretty rad
http://www.pcgamesn.com/smite/smites-angry-deities-will-soon-be-fighting-purpose
http://www.pcgamesn.com/smite/smites-angry-deities-will-soon-be-fighting-purpose
Head of Vengarl
Banned
^ Cool! I hope they do a good job.
You could say I'm a bit rusty...
You could say I'm a bit rusty...
I feel like both odin and arachne are a bit op now. I particularly hate Arachne's ulti even if it's not so different from Freya.
Since Odin's shield skill levels up to do so much damage, I've been upgrading that first for arena matches. It's incredible the amount of damage you do with that + jump, I ended being the one with most damage done while building a bit tanky.
I love Freya new skin particle effects but I hate the armor. It seems ridiculous and ugly. Am I alone in this?
Since Odin's shield skill levels up to do so much damage, I've been upgrading that first for arena matches. It's incredible the amount of damage you do with that + jump, I ended being the one with most damage done while building a bit tanky.
I love Freya new skin particle effects but I hate the armor. It seems ridiculous and ugly. Am I alone in this?
Turin Turambar
Member
Arachne Ult is better to escape (or to catch up to someone) as it also gives you a movement speed and a jump at the end. It covers more ground. But the Freya's wop is better as both defensive and offensive tool than Arachne's web, if you avoid it it's hard for Arachne to get a kill, if the enemy is smart.
Odin seems a bit gimmicky for me, it's his 1+2 combo all the time.